Improved mode of manufacturing articles of woven wire



UN TED STATES JOHN A. TOPLIFF AND THOMAS TUNNINGTON, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

IMPROVED MODE OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES OF WOVEN WIRE.

Specification forming part of Letters Pat To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, JOHN A. TOPLIFF and THOMAS TUNNINGTON, of Elyria, inthe county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Wire-Netting; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification.

' This invention consists in subjecting to any of the well-known andgenerally-practiced gal vanizing processes any and all articles whichare now or may be hereafter manufactured of wire-netting, whether havinglarge or small meshes, and of whatever size of wire, the object ofwhichis to thus cause the various wires, at their crossing and interlockingpoints with each other, to be firmly united or soldered together, as itwere, whereby great strength, rigidity, and stiffness is given to thewire-netting, increasing its value and usefulness in a glarge degree.

Among the many articles to which our present improvements may with greatadvantage be applied may be here mentioned the bodies of carriages,especially those for childrens use, and also carriage-seats and the armsand backs thereof, the wire-netting being made into the proper shape togive strength and rigidity to them, ash and coal screens, &c.; and itmay be here remarked, in connection with the above, that wire-nettingwork thus galvanized can be in a great many cases substituted for wickerand cane work, so called, with advantage.

In accompanying plate of drawing our improvements are illustrated by adrawing of a seat suitable for carriages, which seat is enent No.52,094, dated January 16, 1866.

of wire woven or twisted in any proper manner into the general form orshape shown, the back a and arm portions 1) b of the seat being bentover into a scroll form, so as to give strength thereto. The seat thusmade of wire is then subjected to any of the well-known galvanizin gprocesses, which, as is manifest, causes the wires forming the seat, attheir various joints and points of intersection with each other, to bethus, as it were, soldered and united together, which increases thestrength of the seat in a great degree and imparts stiffness andrigidity thereto.

To prevent the cushion from slipping on the carriage-seat we find itdesirable to crimp the wires constituting such portion of it as thecushion rests upon.

Although we have described our improvements as applied to acarriage-seat, we wish it to be distinctly understood, as was beforestated herein, that they can be applied to other and various purposes,some of which were enumerated, and therefore we do not limit ourselvesto any one particular article or device.

\Ve claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The applicationto woven, twisted, or other wire work or netting, so called, of any ofthe ordinary galvanizing processes, substantially as and for the objectsspecified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 9th day ofOctober, A. l). 1865.

THOMAS TUNNINGTON. J. A. TOPLIFF. Witnesses for Thos. Tunnington:

EnwlN WRIGHT, G. W. J OHNSTON. W'itnesses to signature of J. A.Toplitl':

ALBERT W. BROWN,

tirely made of wire-netting, or, in other words,

J. M. OOVINGTON.

